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The Valet

La doublure

2006

Francis Veber

Daniel Auteuil, Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Kristin Scott Thomas ...

5.9

4,255

Comedy François (Elmaleh), a car service valet at a top Paris hotel, is caught by a paparazzo's camera in a picture with business tycoon Pierre Levasseur (Auteuil) and his mistress, Elena (Taglioni). In order to save his reputation, his marriage, and his affair, the resourceful Levasseur looks to control the story by setting up François and Elena as a pretend couple, faking out the tabloids and his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) in the process.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Some of the comic ideas fly (...) But too much time is wasted on moldy broad comedy, and the grinding gears of the plot are practically audible throughout (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[Francis Veber] is a master of the modern French farce. And this film has the same tight structure and carefully plotted surprises and reversals as his earlier comedies 'The Dinner Game' and 'The Closet'"	POS
United States	Toddy Burton Austin Chronicle	"With a thin and ridiculous plot, 'The Valet' has a couple of likable characters, one or two decent jokes, and a lot of missed opportunities (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Nick Pinkerton IndieWire	"The movie never works up the momentum to get really whirling (...) [The director] has enough intelligence to back off and let his pretty cast ply our sympathies with shy smiles."	NEU
United States	Fernando F. Croce Slant	"Incidentally, the Farrelly Brothers are reportedly set to remake 'The Valet', hopefully adding the humanity Verber left out in the process (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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